Adapter Positioning Disc for Accurate Battery Tab Welding
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Solution Overview
Problem
The yield of finished batteries is low due to deviations in the relative position between adapters and tabs during the welding process, leading to improper positioning and reduced structural stability.
Innovation Solution
An equipment for loading adapters, including a frame with workstations, a gripping assembly, a positioning disc, and a transfer apparatus, which positions and loads adapters accurately to meet loading requirements, ensuring precise welding and structural stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If manual loading of adapters is used, then operation flexibility is maintained, but positioning precision deteriorates leading to low yield
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical loading with an automated loading system comprising a positioning disc with positioning slots, a gripping assembly, and a transfer apparatus. This mechanical substitution ensures precise adapter positioning relative to tabs while maintaining high productivity through automated operation.
2Productivity
If automated loading is implemented, then productivity improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The loading equipment is segmented into distinct functional modules: a positioning disc with multiple positioning slots for different adapters, a gripping assembly for adapter acquisition, and a transfer apparatus for positioning. This segmentation allows each component to perform its function efficiently while simplifying the overall system design and maintenance.
3Reliability
If adapter positioning is not precisely controlled, then device complexity is reduced, but welding quality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning disc serves as an intermediary device between the adapter containers and the welding assembly. It provides precise positioning through dedicated slots that guide adapters to correct positions relative to tabs, ensuring welding quality without requiring complex real-time control systems.
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AI summary
The equipment for loading adapters includes a frame, a gripping assembly, a positioning disc, and a transfer apparatus. The frame has multiple workstations. The gripping assembly and the positioning disc is arranged on the frame, where the positioning disc has multiple positioning slots, a pair of two positioning slots respectively position the adapter for the positive electrode and the adapter for the negative electrode, and the gripping assembly is configured to grip an adapter carried by the container at the workstation and move the adapter to a corresponding positioning slot, so that a position of the adapter for the positive electrode relative to the adapter for the negative electrode meets loading requirements. The transfer apparatus is arranged on the frame, and is used to pick up the adapters in the positioning slots together and load them to a welding assembly.